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Asthma in Australia 2008 
Table 3.2
Prevalence of ever being diagnosed with asthma in children, most recent health survey results, 2002–2007
Location (source) |
Year |
Age range |
No. in survey |
Rate (%) |
95% CI |
Parent/guardian ever told by a doctor or nurse that their child has asthma |
Australia (1) |
2004–05 |
0–15 years |
5,506 |
20.8 |
19.4–22.1 |
Parent ever told by doctor that their child has asthma |
Victoria (2) |
2006 |
1–12 years |
4,602 |
20.8 |
19.5–22.2 |
Western Australia (3) |
2006–07 |
Under 16 years |
1,178 |
18.6 |
15.7–21.9 |
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2005–06 |
|
1,231 |
15.9 |
13.5–18.6 |
|
2004–05 |
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986 |
17.7 |
14.5–21.5 |
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2003–04 |
|
1,105 |
22.6 |
18.3–27.4 |
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2002–03 |
|
941 |
18.3 |
15.7–21.1 |
South Australia (4) |
2006–07 |
2–15 years |
1,276 |
22.1 |
19.9–24.5 |
Victoria (Barwon region) (5) |
2005 |
6–7 years |
2,208 |
24.4 |
22.8–26.0 |
Victoria (Melbourne) (6) |
2002 |
6–7 years |
2,968 |
25.5 |
23.7–27.4 |
Note: CI = confidence interval.
Sources: (1) National Health Survey 2004–05 (confidentialised unit record files); (2) 2006 Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey; (3) WA Health and Wellbeing Surveillance System, Epidemiology Branch, Department of Health, Government of Western Australia; (4) South Australian Monitoring and Surveillance System (SAMSS) Department of Health, Government of South Australia; (5) Vuillermin et al. 2007; (6) Robertson et al. 2004.
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